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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8179023 | Package-type piezoelectric resonator and method of manufacturing package-type piezoelectric resonator Provided is a package-type piezoelectric sensor which can be packaged at a wafer stage and which is suitable for mass production. A package-type quartz resonator has lead electrodes that are interposed in a close contact state, between on one side stepped surfaces, ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179022 | Piezoelectric device with improved separation between input-output terminals and external connecting terminals A piezoelectric device, having a piezoelectric vibrating piece and a circuit element being electrically connected, is provided with a package for storing inside at least the piezoelectric vibrating piece of the piezoelectric device. The package is made up of a subst... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8159116 | Piezoelectric device, electronic device using the same, and automobile A piezoelectric device according to the present invention includes lead wires (12) each having one end electrically connected to a circuit pattern, and a piezoelectric oscillator (13) having terminals (13a) electrically connected to the o... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8102099 | Electronic component, mounting structure thereof, and method for mounting electronic component An electronic component includes: a functional piece having a predetermined function; a bump electrode formed on the functional piece, the bump electrode including a core with elastic property and a conductive film provided on a surface of the core; and a holding un... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8080922 | Ultrasonic sensor having a cover including a damping element An ultrasonic sensor, in particular for a vehicle, including a housing, includes the following: a transducer element which is attached to the bottom of the housing for generating ultrasonic oscillations; a first damping element situated in the housing for damping os... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8063542 | Piezoelectric devices and methods for manufacturing same Devices are disclosed that include a piezoelectric vibrating piece; a glass base and lid form a package enclosing the piezoelectric vibrating piece. The piece has first and second electrodes. The base has first and second opposing surfaces. The base mounts the piezo... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8053953 | Electronic component for surface mounting An electronic component, which is surface-mounted on a wiring board by soldering, and in which the occurrence of cracks in the solder after surface-mounting is suppressed, may include: a member constituting at least part of a container and made of ceramic; and an ex... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8013499 | Piezoelectric vibrator having a piezoelectric vibrating strip in a cavity There is provided a method of manufacturing a package 1 having a base substrate 10 and a lid substrate 20 bonded to each other and both formed of a glass base material; and a cavity C formed between the both substrates for storing an encapsulate... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8004160 | Acoustic wave device with adhesive layer and method of manufacturing the same An acoustic wave device includes a substrate, an acoustic wave element, an electrode pad, a resin portion and a metal post. The acoustic wave element is provided on the substrate. The electrode pad is provided on the substrate, is electrically coupled to the acousti... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7990027 | Piezoelectric device and method for manufacturing piezoelectric device A piezoelectric device includes: a container; a piezoelectric resonator element accommodated in the container; a circuit element accommodated in the container so as not to overlap with the piezoelectric resonator element in a plan view; and a mounting stage to which... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7990028 | Transformer arrangement with a piezoelectric transformer A transformer arrangement with a piezoelectric transformer and a carrier will be disclosed. The transformer has a body in the form of a board. The transformer operates with thickness mode vibrations. The body is rigidly connected to the carrier in at least one perip... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7973455 | Ultrasonic sensor having stable anisotropy in directional properties A case member of an ultrasonic sensor includes an outer case member having a substantially cylindrical shape with a bottom surface and an inner case member. Cutout portions having a predetermined size are arranged so as to face each other in a lower portion of a sid... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7969072 | Electronic device and manufacturing method thereof An electronic device includes: a package including a lid and a package base, the package being formed by bonding the lid to a joint surface of the package base using a bonding material; and a resin portion covering the package. The resin portion covers at least the ... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7969071 | Crystal unit for surface mounting having pillow members with two-layer structure The crystal unit for surface mounting includes a container body having a recess, a pair of holding terminals formed on an inner bottom surface of the recess and a crystal blank provided with excitation electrodes on both principal surfaces thereof, having a first en... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7944125 | Surface acoustic wave device A surface acoustic wave device causing less wear of a dicing blade and causing less drop in a dicing speed is manufactured from a mother laminate with high yield and high precision. The surface acoustic wave device is manufactured by dicing a piezoelectric wafer. Th... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7936114 | Piezoelectric vibrator manufacturing method, piezoelectric vibrator, oscillator, electronic device, and radio-controlled watch The piezoelectric vibrator of the invention comprises a base substrate, a lid substrate in which cavity recesses are formed and which is bonded to the base substrate in such a state that the recesses face the base substrate, a piezoelectric vibration member bonded t... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7919909 | Integrated coupling structures An integrated package provides contactless communication through a coupling mechanism embedded in the package. Package types include Surface Mount Technology (SMT), Low Temperature Co-fired Ceramic (LTCC) technology, and dual-in-line integrated circuit pressed ceram... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7915791 | Quartz crystal device accomodating crystal blanks of multiple shapes and sizes The quartz crystal device includes a container body having: a recess; a pair of holding terminals formed on an inner bottom surface of the recess; and a crystal blank, both principal surfaces of which are provided with excitation electrodes with lead-out electrodes ... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7902729 | Piezoelectric vibrating pieces and piezoelectric devices The piezoelectric vibrating piece (20) comprises a base portion (29) having an adhesive area on a first surface of electrically conductive adhesive 31 for mounting, a pair of vibrating arms (21) extending in a first direction from one edg... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7876029 | Piezoelectric device with irradiation damage preventing seal A piezoelectric device includes: a piezoelectric resonator element; a package storing the piezoelectric resonator element therein in a manner to mount the piezoelectric resonator element on a base portion thereof composed of at least three layers that are layered; a... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7859172 | Piezoelectric resonator, manufacturing method thereof and lid for piezoelectric resonator A piezoelectric resonator includes a piezoelectric resonator element having a resonating arm and a metal film that is formed on the resonating arm; a package including a bottom part on which the piezoelectric resonator element is fixed and a frame wall that surround... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7847470 | Surface mounting piezoelectric oscillator To provide high reliable surface mounting oscillator that solder does not leak out by heat from the oscillator. The base print board with a terminal on the first surface and a concave on the second surface which is the opposite side of the first surface, the metal s... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7839059 | Inner-forcer milli-hemispherical resonator gyro The Inner-Forcer milli-Hemispherical Resonator Gyro (mHRG) is a small, low cost, high performance gyroscope. It may have an extremely simplified design, with in one embodiment of the present method and apparatus only five major parts total, with most parts filling m... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7804230 | Piezoelectric actuator A piezoelectric actuator for use in a fuel injector, the actuator comprising a stack of one or more piezoelectric elements for receipt within an accumulator chamber of the injector, distribution electrode means for generating an electric field within the stack and a... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7791255 | Packaging for piezoelectric resonator The invention concerns an assembly comprising a piezoelectric resonator (14) and a case (10), the case including a base part (11), on which the resonator is mounted, a wall (12) extending from said base part so as to surround at least par... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7759844 | Surface-mount type crystal unit A surface-mount type crystal unit includes a package body which is made of a laminated ceramic and has a bottom wall layer and a frame wall formed on the bottom wall layer, the frame wall layer having an opening. In the package body, a concavity is constructed of th... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7755260 | Nickel structures and methods for manufacturing the same by removal of an underlying material A printed circuit board includes a multiple-layer electrical circuit board and a nickel arm, wherein the nickel arm has an unconnected end located opposite to the connected end of the nickel arm, wherein the nickel arm has a front side and a backside located opposit... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7750540 | Piezoelectric actuator and electronic device There is provided a piezoelectric actuator and the like capable of efficiently transmitting vibration between an object (e.g., a housing of an electronic device) and a piezoelectric ceramic vibrator. The piezoelectric actuator 50A includes a piezoelectric cer... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7750539 | Reception bush for a piezoactuator A reception bush for a piezoelectric actuator is provided with two connection pins for electrically bonding the piezoelectric actuator, in particular for a piezoelectric actuator controlling the injector of an injection system for an internal combustion engine. The ... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7737609 | Ultrasonic sensor An ultrasonic sensor includes a cylindrical outer case with a bottom and a piezoelectric element fixed to the inner side of the bottom portion of the outer case. A ring-shaped inner case having a central hole extending in the axial direction in the central portion t... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7732995 | Piezoelectric device and method for manufacturing the same A piezoelectric device includes: a lower substrate; an upper substrate; an intermediate substrate sandwiched between the lower substrate and the upper substrate, the intermediate substrate including: a piezoelectric vibrating portion; a frame surrounding a periphery... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7728491 | Piezoelectric devices and methods for manufacturing same Piezoelectric devices and associated fabrication methods are disclosed. An exemplary piezoelectric device includes a piezoelectric vibrating piece having first and second electrodes and first and second surfaces, a glass base having first and second surfaces, and a ... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7714484 | Piezoelectric resonator and manufacturing method therefor A piezoelectric resonator includes a piezoelectric resonator element having a base portion and a resonating arm extending from the base portion, a package including a bottom to which the piezoelectric resonator element is fixed and a frame wall that surrounds the bo... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7710002 | Piezoelectric resonator for oscillator and surface mount type piezoelectric oscillator A piezoelectric resonator for an oscillator contained in an upper concave portion of an insulating case that has a metal lid with which the upper concave portion is air-tightly closed comprises a GND electrode being conductively coupled to an earth pattern of the pi... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7692367 | Ultrasonic transducer A piezoelectric device is attached to an inner bottom surface of the outer case having a tubular shape including a bottom, and an inner case is disposed within the outer case. In an ultrasonic vibration acting surface of the inner case that is arranged to face the b... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7675223 | Clip A clip for securing a sleeve to the body of a piezoelectric actuator in an actuator assembly. The clip takes the form of a band and has at least a first and a second stable state. The minimum separation of the walls of the band when the clip is in one of the stable ... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7671516 | Ultrasonic actuator An ultrasonic actuator includes: a piezoelectric element 10 for generating various kinds of vibrations having different vibration directions; a driver element provided on the piezoelectric element 10 and actuated in accordance with the vibration of the... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7646139 | Head plate assembly for an actuator and method for producing an actuator A head plate assembly (1) for an actuator, has a cover (2), a lead-through (3), at least one connecting pin (4) led through the lead-through (3), and a seal (5) obturating the lead-through of the connecting pin. The head pla... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7638931 | Resin substrate and ultrasonic sensor using the same An ultrasonic sensor includes a resin substrate and an ultrasonic oscillator. The ultrasonic oscillator is provided approximately at the center of a component side of the resin substrate and generates and detects an ultrasonic wave. The resin substrate is made of, f... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7629729 | Surface acoustic wave device and fabrication method thereof A surface acoustic wave device includes a piezoelectric substrate, a surface acoustic wave element composed of electrodes provided on the piezoelectric substrate and the piezoelectric substrate, a first seal resin portion provided on the piezoelectric substrate and ... | 12/08/2009 |
